Round 5
ROAD RACe
Ju ly 24, 2 0 04
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The most competitive aspect of the
race was the battle between the tire
manu fact urers. Michelin sco red the win
and three out of t he to p 10, Dunlop
racked up seco nd as we ll as fifth, and
Bridgesto ne was impressive with t hird,
fourth , sixth and seventh. Pire lli made
its B Hours debut and left pleased with
eighth , wh ich moved the brand closer
to the Wo rld Endurance Cham pionsh ip.
Suzuki and Yamaha will nee d to step
up their game if t hey want to beat
FIM World Endurance Championship S eries
Honda. O r, in Kawasaki's case , show up
eN
for the race . Maybe next yea r...
SU ZUKA CIR CUIT
SU ZUKA , JAPAN
RESULTS: JUL Y 24,
2004
(ROUND
5I
O/A: l. Tohru UkawalHitoyasu Izutsu (Hon) 2 10
laps; 1. Atsush l WatanabelYu kio Kagayama (Suz) 209 ; 3.
Toshiyuld HamaguchilShogo Moriwa kl (Hon) 208 ; 04 .
Tatsuya YamaguchVl
